I've Replaced the Antlers

Some of you will be happy to know (cough A-peep cough) that I have now replaced the antler candle holder in the library.

It's a Croatian vase but I call it my "Ode on a Grecian Urn" because I'm an English major and am allowed to let it out and be all nerdy every now and again.  Keats gets it.  It's all good.

This thing is made from Istrian rock (even the rose) and is as heavy as a small child.  Of course, I found it during a day trip to another island, so we got the added pleasure of carting it around with us for a while.  Other than walking and eating like a Sumo wrestler, this weight training was my only form of exercise, so perhaps I shouldn't complain.

The antlers haven't gone far, though.  They are currently sitting on my dining room table awaiting their transfer.  I have been preoccupied writing TWO PAPERS and haven't been able to think much about house decorations.  School continually cramps my style.

Lucy also cramps my style.  We have once again started up our Bunny Youth Propaganda Program in which we love on her every day in her cage to remind her that we are not, in fact, going to throw her to the wolves and perhaps she should give peace a chance and love on her dear parents.  She begrudgingly takes it.  She has a new buddy.  We tell her she's such a snot that we have to buy her friends.

The color patterns are not accidental.

I have been stressing out so badly about all these papers and the nonstop reading that I have forced myself to take 2-hour breaks every day to watch a movie.  I'm not kidding.  I now have three movies I want to tell you about.

Blurry pic of wine in one of my new Venetian glasses!

I need to start up the exercise again.  I was such a pro right before we left and now the thought of moving rapidly to break a sweat sends me running for the wine bottle.

Is it really almost August?  Because life as I know it really starts to change in August and me thinks I'm not quite ready.